Undergraduate Course: Engineering Project Management 4 (MAEE10005)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Management (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://webdb.ucs.ed.ac.uk/see/VLE/index.cfm?discipline=2 |
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| Course description |
Project Management is the application of management principles to deliver a project to a specified timescale, budget and quality. This course will consider the principles of the management of engineering projects with respect to the life-cyle of the project, the parties, planning, estimating, risk management, contractor selection and contract management. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 14:00 - 15:50 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Friday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre 1, Sanderson Building |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the stages of a project and the principal players within and without a project;
- Analyse a project and produce a plan and a schedule of resources requirements, and carry out limited optimisation;
- Appreciate the fundamentals of hazards and risks in the development of projects and how these may be managed;
- Understand how the various parties involved in an engineering project use estimating and budgeting techniques as financial control tools; and
- Understand the contractual aspects between the various parties involved in an engineering project |
Assessment Information
| Coursework and degree examination. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Simon Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 7159
Email: Simon.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Nicola Marshall
Tel:
Email: Nicola.Marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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